DEADHEADS...TOP 5 SHOWS.....

Yeah that hazy air in some places with poor ventilation like the old Boston Garden makes it hard to rember the late 80's show (think hat some time around release of movie "Hunt For Red October" beacuise it was fall and everybody had "The Hunt For Dea October" shirts.Anyway they played a 25 really revved up version of "Turckin" I'd love to have on tape and "Dark Star Pt.II" or at least that what evrybody said it was.Seems like the Arista multi track stuff often had beter sound than the picks,I even (herresy you say) liked "The Other Ones".Too bad taht unit couldn't have kept up a little longer.But have to say I think peak years were '72-73 (same era as best Stones if you can ever find Takrl Bootleg "Bedspring Symphony" it's late 73 just before Mick Taylor lost his mind and made one of the worst rock careeer moves ever.The playing on that disc is better according to Hot Wacks,the bootleg bible,better than any liver performance they ever released and unlike most stoines everything was al, sped up.)But yeah after Europe 72' for a bit Dead were in top form.Sorry fans of Brett.And agreealso Barnford made some of those shows fun too
Chazz.

As a llways asorry for not using an overlay spell checker.Need op figure it out since I am not a touch typist and look at keyboard and get lazy and dopn't look over posts.I did not mean a Stones "Liver" show but at that time Keith probaly could have used new Liver.
Chazz

What I was reffering to was the 4 CD Filmore '71 show on Arista.But Fishwater is right.Look at the more than 30 Discks Picks now out and how heavly documented the year 1977 was.A true rennaissance for them.Man now that I see what's out and how many great sets are availible (lopok at thier discography on the web site I use most foten AM either www.allmusicguide.com or www.allmovie.com and you can see how many great sets are oput their from different periods.But 69-71,Europe 72-73 (as keith and Donna joined) to 1977 thier are hgreat peak era's not shows for me.And you can find gems all the way up to thier 30th and final year.Man now i want to put all my jazz aside and listen to them and Tuna and see when Zimmy will get back from Europe.Only thing that is said for me is as good as Phil and Freinds might be at times Ratdog (Bobby's band) never was as of course.I just wish that sans Capitain Trips that the rest of the boys could play together as a unit.Let's wish them good health and hope that 2015 will be a 50th reunion of rockin geezers that will knock everybody for a loop and the Gen X and y'ers will tell their grandkids about.Hey the Grammy's finally got arounf to giving the most sucessfull touring band in hostory and lifetime achievement award.Let's hope that in these time of war and ploitical deceit that at least the goodwill if not the efficacy or "The heads" (and I saw my Mass Govenor Weld at a show in '93) aren't sneered at cnaically and the technofreindly kids of today who as a group might be lcking and sentiment political or oitherwise,among them are youngsters who are results oriented and may bring some of those sentiments to fruition fi we are going to survive as a species.
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